paper round
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpə raʊnd/
- UK
:
ruta de entrega de periódicos
- He does a paper round.
Me and my brother had paper rounds as children with my mum so we could keep the sky on and have them luxuries through life.
- Me and my brother had paper rounds as children with my mum so we could keep the sky on and have them luxuries through life.
Examples
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As a teenager, I delivered newspapers every morning on my paper round before going to school.
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Me and my brother had paper rounds as children with my mum so we could keep the sky on and have them luxuries through life.
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Yeah, but I was only doing my - paper round.
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I was only doing my paper round, Caz!
Fiction book (1991) -
He does my paper round.
Fiction book (1994) -
Little Brian Libby found them, out on his paper round.
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And like it's like you, I grew up, I did a paper round, I washed cars, I cleaned houses, I ironed and now I've given up my full time job.
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Anthea White, 57, does a paper round, and Gina Nairn, 62, works part-time for two and a half hours a day cleaning tills in Primark.
Academic text (2009) -
I remember my first job was doing a paper round; it taught me responsibility and time management.
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During summer, many kids take up a paper round to earn some extra pocket money.
Synonyms
15
3.2
A regular job delivering newspapers to homes
How Large
190
3.0
- UK
1
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a regular route for delivering newspapers' is directly and compositionally derived from 'paper' (newspaper) + 'round' (a route/circuit). This construction is a straightforward compound found cross-linguistically (e.g., 'paper route') and a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term paper round comes from the image of a person carrying papers on a regular round of streets each morning to 'deliver' them. That's why it means 'a regular route' or the 'job' of delivering newspapers.